Ripples of Plastic looks specifically at the impact of microplastics on the Great Lakes, which supply water to more than 11 million people in the U.S. and Canada— how they get there and what they mean ...

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...

While filming a documentary about oceans on a boat in the Pacific Ocean several years ago, producer and director Steve Cowan encountered a shocking scene. “We were surrounded from horizon to horizon ...

The City of Santa Monica and Sustainable Works will present a free screening of "Plastic People" followed by a panel discussion Tuesday, November 11 at 7 p.m. at Laemmle Monica Film Center, 1332 2nd ...

Discover the unseen consequences of plastic pollution in our freshwater ecosystems at a special screening of “Ripples of Plastic,” a documentary uncovering the impacts of microplastics across the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The film follows journalist Ziya Tong as she learns the latest science on microplastics and examines the microplastic pollution in her own body.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines.

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of ...

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production ...